Andy Lowry @AndyLowry@qoto.org
Retired SysAdmin living in the high country of Arizona, USA. I enjoy learning about physics, cosmology, genetics, neurology, and suchlike. Deeply confused by worldwide trends towards authoritarianism. I thought we'd already learned about that stuff. But I guess not.
Joined Nov 2022
@GetCarter
Some meaning, but it only applies to royal sailors.
@Richard_Littler
Nice! Didn't know such a thing was even available. Does it bring back the "feel" of the film to hear it? Or even a memory of a scene?
Andy Lowry
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I keep seeing articles about Mastodon slumps, and journalists going back to Twitter. Is it fair to say, that maybe Mastodon isn't for journalists, or brands, or even people who want large accounts? Maybe Mastodon is true social media, for people who want to interact and discuss, not be influenced, sold to, or manipulated with cult style tactics and followings. There will always be groups who dislike the idea of the people controlling their own inputs, people who don't like the idea of accessible Administration, and people who don't like the idea that if we don't like a space that we can just move to another one, or even create our own. Individualism is scary to the kind of people who thrive on complacency, and not challenging the status quo.
@alanthwaits@noc.social
I just want to be able to walk in and ask for a lid.
@alanthwaits@noc.social
There's a store a couple of blocks from me that carries all manner of things I've never heard of, like "pane" or "shard" or whatever. At least I understand what (apparently quite strong) "resin" would be. Our now legal world sure was a long time coming.
Andy Lowry
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It's hard to know how to help those suffering from the devastating #earthquake in #syria and #turkey. Many have their trusted charities. I worked in international public health in scores of countries over my thirty year career. From observing (and sometimes working with) various charities/humanitarian response outfits, my 'go to' charity is Medecins Sans Frontiers/ Doctors Without Borders. You can donate here: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/secure/donate?_gl=1*4w99x2*_ga*MTAzOTI2MjQ3LjE2NzU3MDU2OTk.*_ga_C7EW6Q0J9K*MTY3NTcwNTY5OS4xLjAuMTY3NTcwNTY5OS4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.42982757.1950086691.1675705701-103926247.1675705699
@harphat
Thanks for that-- it IS confusing to try to compare all the various NGOs to get the best bang versus buck ratio.
Andy Lowry
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#Mosstodon Icelandic homes built into hills and covered with moss.
Andy Lowry
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Thought for the day: in addition to TLDR ("Too Long, Didn't Read") maybe we also need SLDR to denote "Should Like, Didn't Read"—for reading matter with insights recognize are valid and virtuous but AAARGHoutsidemycomfortzonerightnow.
Andy Lowry
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Turkey and Syria: more than 1,700 people confirmed dead after two large earthquakes strike – latest updates https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/feb/06/turkey-earthquake-2023-live-updates-quake-tremor-latest-news?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #earthquake #syria #turkey
Andy Lowry
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It's tax season, where the toxicity of the US is summed up in having to figure out what you owe and pay to file with a government that already received reports of all your income and withheld all the money many of us owed. Why? Because doing taxes is an industry.
Andy Lowry
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“The thing we understand, which is proven in international research, is that providing housing for homeless persons is always more cost-effective for society than keeping people homeless…We did a study that showed when a former homeless person gets housing, even with support, the cost savings for society are at least €15,000/person per year.”
Canadian city learning from Finland.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-wants-to-eradicate-homelessness-here-s-how-finland-is-doing-it-1.6728398
Andy Lowry
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Genuinely have no idea how to turn the toxic cycle of discourse around.
Staying out of the way feels wrong.
Speaking up never seems to go well.
Trying to model less reactive behavior doesn’t seem to help anything.
Technology is turning all of us, myself included, into the most reactive versions of ourselves. We are not evolved to handle this much input.
I’m smart enough to know we need to step back from the brink, but not enough to know how to get there.
@alanthwaits@noc.social
That's an extremely handsome beast! I got to be the caretaker for a mid-seventies Sportster for a couple of months once (while the owner was doing a little time) and that's the only HD I've ever ridden. Certainly a different animal from what's in that photo!
The single seat makes it extra super rebel-y. I don't need no friends, pal, I got this motorcycle. 😆
@harphat
One of those science-based miracles! Thanks for the kind wishes.
@SecularJeffrey
I know what you mean. Just yesterday, I had a hot dog with mustard but could only really do the Oscar and had to leave the Meyer behind.
@alstonvicar
It's a lot of fun! You can add all manner of flavors to it, including herbs and flowers (lavender was my favorite of those). I used to make a fizzy one using champagne yeasts and beer bottles; came out surprisingly dry though it still retained the flavor of honey. It was dense enough that the bubbles were really fine, like a top-end champagne.
@alstonvicar
Were I still doing that kind of thing, I'd have tossed all that into a mead. 😎
Retired SysAdmin living in the high country of Arizona, USA. I enjoy learning about physics, cosmology, genetics, neurology, and suchlike. Deeply confused by worldwide trends towards authoritarianism. I thought we'd already learned about that stuff. But I guess not.
Joined Nov 2022
